Print conference sees record attendance

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The Southern Graphics Council International conference, which is being hosted this week by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, has seen the highest attendance in its history.

The annual conference has attracted 2,060 artists from around the world to Milwaukee, said Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, the head of printmaking at UWM's Peck School of the Arts and one of the people who helped attract the conference to Milwaukee.

The conference, which started Wednesday and runs through Saturday, has also prompted an unprecedented collaboration among area arts venues. More than 50 exhibits of prints have been staged throughout the city. A Gallery Night-like event will be held tonght and tomorrow, with galleries holding special public receptions.

More information about this weekend's public "print crawl" can be found in today's Weekend Cue and at Art City.

Image: Live printmaking at last night's "Rock the Block," a student-organized fete for the printmakers at the Falcon Bowl in Riverwest. Here is a glimpse at that event.

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